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Metastatic mixed acinar‐neuroendocrine carcinoma of the pancreas treated by a multidisciplinary team: A case report and brief review of the literature

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Ranked the fourth or fifth most common cause of cancer globally, pancreatic cancer is recognized as "the king of cancer" for the high malignant potential (1). Pancreatic cancer develops from… Click to show full abstract

Ranked the fourth or fifth most common cause of cancer globally, pancreatic cancer is recognized as "the king of cancer" for the high malignant potential (1). Pancreatic cancer develops from either the endocrine (islet cell) or exocrine (ductal or acinar cell) systems of the pancreas, and which can be categorized accordingly into three types: ductal, acinar or endocrine.

Keywords: acinar; mixed acinar; metastatic mixed; cancer; neuroendocrine carcinoma; acinar neuroendocrine

Journal Title: Journal of Digestive Diseases
Year Published: 2019

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